Small heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Synonyms: Памфил
Order Lepidoptera. Family Satyrinae.
Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
The small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae, classified within the subfamily Satyrinae (commonly known as "the browns").
Traits
- Wingspan
- 28–35 mm
- Flight period
- May–September
- Host plants
- grasses
- Generations per year
- 2–3
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Photographs
Eugen Johann Christoph Esper / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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